Articles about IT and Enterprise Architecture and (ArchiMate) modelling
Nobody can deny that artificial intelligence (or machine learning, deep learning, or cognitive computing) is booming these days. And — as before, as this is in fact the second (or third, depending on how you count) round for AI —…
Read More Something is (still) rotten in the kingdom of artificial intelligence
Agile and DevOps are on the rise. Hardly anyone these days defends up-front design approaches or project-based over product-based change. It seems to many that 'agile' is seen as a free pass for unlimited change. This is an illusion. Working…
Read More Panta Rhei — How more ‘agile’ can make you less agile
Recently, I visited a few conferences and I noticed a somewhat hidden theme. While a lot of attention was being paid to moving to a (hybrid) cloud-based architecture and what you need for that (such as cloud management platforms), a…
In the world of real enterprises, enterprise architecture is a weak discipline. It doesn't play a role of any real substance in most medium-large enterprises, which are exactly the enterprises that can profit most from its goals: the management of…
Read More The worst enterprise architecture anti-pattern of them all
I'll be visiting Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations Management & Data Center Summit in London at the InterContinental London - The O2 hotel on Monday 27 November and Tuesday 28 November. Just visiting, not speaking. See you there? (I'm posting this because…
On Monday 27 November, all purchases of the PDFs via this site can be had with a 20% discount. Use the code CYBERMONDAY2017 at checkout. Note: this code is only valid on Monday 27 November from 00:00 CET until 23:59…
It's been a while (Oct 8), but the answer for the Quiz Question had to wait for the release of this renewed website. I put out a quiz question and received various answers. The best answers were by Samuel Rinnetmäki…
Now that Edition III of the book is done, there is finally some time for some old-fashioned ArchiMate fun. So, as a variation on the theme "what is wrong with this picture", I would like to invite you to a…
Just a small note. Today, I approved the proof of the Mastering ArchiMate III book from Ingram. This means that as of now the book is in production and can be ordered. In the coming weeks it will appear for…
Read More Mastering #ArchiMate Edition III hardcover is in production
On October 25, 2017 from 14:00-17:00, there will be at the open (no need to register for the conference) inaugural ArchiMate User Group Meeting hosted by The Open Group. I plan to attend this meeting, so if you want to…
Read More Meet me at the ArchiMate User Group Meeting on Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
